Wednesday, October 31, 2012

So, Jay, How's That AR Coming?

Over the weekend, when I visited with Wally and tried my hand at rifle shooting, I got a chance to visit with my AR build. It's very close to completion, and Wally has sworn me to embargo any pictures until it is complete. Which is shame, because this rifle kicks some serious ass.

He did, however, give me a parts list of what went into it, and in the interest of not forgetting any of it, figured I'd list what was going into this rifle:

The stock will eventually be swapped out with something like the Magpul PRS, but for now the butthook gives something to hold onto for precision work at a price that didn't make this build too pricey. I'd prefer something adjustable, since this is meant to be a long-distance precision rifle shot mainly from a rest. The flattop upper will have the Leupold Mark AR that the good folks at Leupold were kind enough to send for the build a few months back.

The barrel, well, I know that 20" probably would have worked just as well, but the extra length can't hurt, and after shooting the MG Arms K-Yote with the 24" tube, I'm impressed as hell with the accuracy out of the longer barrel. I've got a nice Harris swivel-mount bipod that I can put on it, but I'm thinking about looking for one of the rail-mounted ones for aesthetic purposes.

Hopefully I should have pictures of the completed rifle in the near future, and it will be a Friday Gun Pr0n picture shortly!

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It finally stopped raining long enough for me to take my new build to the range. After some break in and scope zeroing, I managed to get in two 100 yd 5 rd groups before the scope reticle failed. One 7/16" one 3/8" with no load development. Looks good. Oh yes, don't buy cheap scopes no matter how good they advertise.

I'm leaning towards it. I'm just real fumble-fingered when it comes to getting the swivel-swing mount engaged... Plus I've got at least two dedicated long-distance rigs now, so I should get a second bipod, right? Two is one, etc. :)

Zercool,

You know, that was literally my exact response when he told me.

It is very nice. Light without being scary, slight take-up, and lets go right when you want it to. I am very much looking forward to wreaking havoc on prairie dogs with this rifle...

Roger,

Very nice groupings (but not surprising) and truth on the scope. I tested the Leupold at 100 yards (I need to write that up, actually), and it is definitely a superior optic.

I'm real fond of Harris Bipods myself. As a suggestion you can get a S Lever from Brownells to help deal with engaging the swivel and a Bipod Adapter from LaRue might be useful as well. Or you could just get a semi-custom LaRue Bipod.

Shorter barrels are inherently more accurate than longer barrels, because they suffer from less barrel whip.

Longer barrels MAY give you higher velocity, which MAY help with less drift. BUT in a zero sum situation, with equal quality barrels and no wind, a 16" barrel is more accurate than a 24" barrel of the same diamater.

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